UEN GIS Resources UEN GIS/GPS Resources
Utah Education network offers free GPS and GIS courses to Utah Educators. The classes are excellent. The resources are superb. If you have an interest in GPS or GIS, start here!
State of Utah Resources
Utah GIS Portal
The Utah GIS Portal is a statewide resource for sharing information pertaining to digital mapping and related technologies.
http://www.edtechsupport.net/gis/
This site was set up by educator Don Cressall, one of the pioneers in GIS in education in Utah and the entire USA, and is still a rich set of data!
Utah Maps
This is a statewide index of Utah maps available online.
Utah Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images
The atlas contains more than 800 computer generated panoramas that portray every square foot of the state. Most of these panoramas were created from a virtual elevation of 40 kilometers (24.85 miles) above sea level with a virtual 35 mm camera equipped with a 22 mm lens.
Utah Geological Survey
Explorer GeoSights in Utah using Google Earth. The site has fantastic images and virtual journeys around Utah.
GIS Day
GIS Day 2009 was be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Seven Jordan schools attended. It was a lot of fun. Mark your calendars and get involved for next year. GIS Day 2010 is Nov 17, 2010.
From the California Geological Survey. Created by Dr. William Bowen, professor of geography emeritus, and hosted by the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.
Other Aerials Penn Pilot
This website houses and makes available stereo aerial photography of Pennsylvania for the 1930s-1970s time period. What you will see is a map of Pennsylvania, and when you zoom in, you will see 1990s-era aerial photography. Then you can select “Display Historical Photo” with the decade of your choice (not all of the photographs have been loaded yet), and have your students comparing how the landscape has changed. Imagine exploring Philadelphia before freeways, looking at the National Road as it was under construction, or examining the reclamation of mining areas with this site.
http://www.arcgisonline.com
ArcGIS Online is a set of base maps - topos, satellite, shaded relief, and more - as well as tools, and user-generated content. US Geological Survey Resources US Geological Survey An unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water. The site is dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.
USGS Education
Selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
TopoBingo.
This game from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is used to familiarize students with topographic maps, the symbols used on them, and some basic topographic features. You may use your own topographic maps for the game or use the maps provided by the USGS aat this site. They provide 22 small maps from 11 different U.S. locations. An expansion and update to this from 2009 by Joseph Kerski, ESRI, Topo Match and Topo Bingo, is on: http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=425.
Earth As ArtEarth As Art This gallery of images uses the visceral avenue of art to convey the thrilling perspective of the Earth that satellites provide to the viewer.
ESRI Resources
AEJEE Lessons
The ESRI Educational team has designed step-by-step, easy-to-follow GIS lessons for AEJEE (Arc Explorer for Educaton). Most of these lessons are for beginners. Step-by-step instructions are included in pdf format. An absolute beginner to ArcExplorer will have no trouble following the excellent instructions.
Subscribe to ESRI Training and Education News
GIS information is sent out on a regular basis. We have received a great deal of good from subscribing to this service. If you are interested in GIS, we recommend that you subscribe.
ESRI Press
ESRI provides complimentary desk copies of GIS books to GIS educators. You may request up to 3 desk copies per semester.
James Madison University
National Center for Rural Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Outreach
My Wonderful World
My Wonderful World is a new National Geographic-led campaign for geography education and awareness. This year, My Wonderful World is kicking off a multiyear, around-the-world program to engage everyone in learning about the diversity of our planet's people, places, and natural wonders.
National Geographic Geography Action
Access teacher resources especially for Geography Action! Asia. Explore lesson plans grades K-12 covering the Geographic Perspective, and Asia's Physical Features, Cultural Diversity, and Contemporary Issues.
National Geographic Live National Geographic Live! is a branded series of events including live concerts, films, and dynamic presentations by today's leading explorers, scientists, filmmakers, and photographers covering a wide range of topics including exploration and adventure; wildlife and habitat; natural phenomena; and relevant issues such as climate change and energy conservation.
National Geographic Geography Bee
The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.
Google Resources
Google Earth
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Google Earth Tour
Watch videos to get started on virtual tours around the world.
GoogleMars: This map of Mars, published by Percival Lowell in 1895, was the result of many years spent carefully studying the Red Planet through his telescope. Now you can do the same through your web browser. In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, we've created some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made.
NASA Resources
Landsat
Landsat provides archived images of Earth.
Pat Lambrose eDesk
Pat Lambrose is a GIS Educator for the Salt Lake City School District. Her eDesk site has excellent resources for GPS/GIS.
Survey of Geographic Literacy
How much do you know about the world? Can you name the world's most spoken primary language? The largest consumer of oil? The most heavily fortified border on the planet? The current population of the U.S.? Test Your Geography Knowledge at this site.
National Map (from the US Geological Services)
The National Map is an online, interactive map service. It is a product of a consortium of Federal, State, and local partners who provide geospatial data to enhance America's ability to access, integrate, and apply geospatial data at global, national, and local scales to ensure that the nation has access to current, accurate, and nationally consistent digital data and topographic maps derived from those data.
Microsoft TerraServer
The TerraServer is one of the world's largest online databases, providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
Geography Network
The Geography Network is a global network of geographic information users and providers. You can access many types of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable data, and more advanced Web services.
Map My Run
Draw your runs, calculate mileage, count calories, share with friends, and more. Use this site to find running routes and trails locally or around the world! Includes elevation data and 3D views.
Asian Elephant Range Loss Studied With GIS
The Conservation and Research Center of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.) has one of the most extensive programs of conservation biology research in the world. Researchers at CRC have been studying the plight of the Asian elephant threatened by ivory poaching and habitat loss.
World Mapper
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are 366 maps, also available as PDF posters
Newberry
The The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography seeks to advance knowledge of the history of cartography, defined as the history of creation, use, and interpretation of maps and the relationship between mapping and other facets of human history.
Free Geography Tools: Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more.
GPS Visualizer:
GPS Visualizer can read data files from many different sources, including but not limited to: GPX (a standard format used with many devices and programs, including Garmin's eTrex, GPSMAP, Oregon, Dakota, Colorado, & Nüvi series), Google Earth (.kml/.kmz), Geocaching.com (.loc), FAI/IGC glider logs, MS Excel, Google Spreadsheets, XML feeds, Garmin Forerunner (.xml/.hst/.tcx), Timex Trainer, OziExplorer, Cetus GPS, PathAway, cotoGPS, CompeGPS, TomTom (.pgl), IGN Rando (.rdn), Emtac Trine, Suunto X9/X9i (.sdf), Fugawi, NetStumbler, and of course tab-delimited or comma-separated text.
GPS Visualizer is based in Portland, Oregon, and has been on the Web since October 2002.
ArcGIS Explorer: Free maps and tasks are available to use in your ArcGIS applications. Scroll through the page to see the available basemaps, reference maps, specialty maps, elevation globes, demographic maps, tasks, and retiring maps (no longer being updated).
GIS Jobs: You'll be interested to know that the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration's Occupational Information Network (O*NET) now lists five new geospatial occupations: "Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists", "Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists", "Geographic Information Systems Technicians", "Precision Agriculture Technicians", and "Geodetic Surveyors".
You can find descriptions of most of these new occupations by doing an "Occupation Quick Search" on "geospatial" at the O*NET site http://online.onetcenter.org/ (Geodetic Surveyors seems not to include the keyword "geospatial.") Cool Maps and Really Neat Stuff Gapminder See countries change in ways that challenge old myths. You choose from the best statistics. "We are a modern “museum” that helps making the world understandable, using the Internet".
World Sunlight Map Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
World Daylight Map DaylightMap shows the pattern of night and day on a Google map, for any area of the Earth, for any date and time. It also allows you to select up to ten locations on the map; in addition to seeing at a glance whether it's daytime there, you can show their local time, sunrise and and sunset times, and length of day.
UEN GIS/GPS Resources
Utah Education network offers free GPS and GIS courses to Utah Educators. The classes are excellent. The resources are superb. If you have an interest in GPS or GIS, start here!
State of Utah Resources
Utah GIS PortalThe Utah GIS Portal is a statewide resource for sharing information pertaining to digital mapping and related technologies.
http://www.edtechsupport.net/gis/
This site was set up by educator Don Cressall, one of the pioneers in GIS in education in Utah and the entire USA, and is still a rich set of data!
Utah Geographic Information Council Educator Mentoring Program
Need help with a understanding GIS or beginning a GIS project? This program has been designed to help K-12 educators link up with GIS professionals in a mentoring relationship.
Utah Maps
This is a statewide index of Utah maps available online.
Utah Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images
The atlas contains more than 800 computer generated panoramas that portray every square foot of the state. Most of these panoramas were created from a virtual elevation of 40 kilometers (24.85 miles) above sea level with a virtual 35 mm camera equipped with a 22 mm lens.
Utah Geological Survey
Explorer GeoSights in Utah using Google Earth. The site has fantastic images and virtual journeys around Utah.
GIS Day
GIS Day 2009 was be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Seven Jordan schools attended. It was a lot of fun. Mark your calendars and get involved for next year. GIS Day 2010 is Nov 17, 2010.
Rocky Mountain GRocky Mountain GITA
Atlases of Panoramic Aerial Images
From the California Geological Survey. Created by Dr. William Bowen, professor of geography emeritus, and hosted by the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.Alaska| Arizona | California | Colorado | Hawaii | Idaho | Nevada | Oregon | Utah| Washington | Western Montana | World |
Other Aerials
Penn Pilot
This website houses and makes available stereo aerial photography of Pennsylvania for the 1930s-1970s time period. What you will see is a map of Pennsylvania, and when you zoom in, you will see 1990s-era aerial photography. Then you can select “Display Historical Photo” with the decade of your choice (not all of the photographs have been loaded yet), and have your students comparing how the landscape has changed. Imagine exploring Philadelphia before freeways, looking at the National Road as it was under construction, or examining the reclamation of mining areas with this site.
http://www.arcgisonline.com
ArcGIS Online is a set of base maps - topos, satellite, shaded relief, and more - as well as tools, and user-generated content.
US Geological Survey Resources
US Geological Survey
An unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water. The site is dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.
USGS Education
Selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
TopoBingo.
This game from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is used to familiarize students with topographic maps, the symbols used on them, and some basic topographic features. You may use your own topographic maps for the game or use the maps provided by the USGS aat this site. They provide 22 small maps from 11 different U.S. locations. An expansion and update to this from 2009 by Joseph Kerski, ESRI, Topo Match and Topo Bingo, is on: http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=425.
Earth As ArtEarth As Art This gallery of images uses the visceral avenue of art to convey the thrilling perspective of the Earth that satellites provide to the viewer.
ESRI Resources
AEJEE LessonsThe ESRI Educational team has designed step-by-step, easy-to-follow GIS lessons for AEJEE (Arc Explorer for Educaton). Most of these lessons are for beginners. Step-by-step instructions are included in pdf format. An absolute beginner to ArcExplorer will have no trouble following the excellent instructions.
Here are handout to the Baseball Unit that we have edited or created to extend the lesson:
Handouts
Fenway Park Facts
Coors Field Facts
Compare Google Earth and ArcExplorer Images
Neighborhood - Stands Questions
Task cards
Ellipsoid Projections
Spherical Projections
Subscribe to ESRI Training and Education News
GIS information is sent out on a regular basis. We have received a great deal of good from subscribing to this service. If you are interested in GIS, we recommend that you subscribe.
ESRI Press
ESRI provides complimentary desk copies of GIS books to GIS educators. You may request up to 3 desk copies per semester.
James Madison University
National Center for Rural Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Outreach
National Geographic Resources
National Geographic EducationMy Wonderful World
My Wonderful World is a new National Geographic-led campaign for geography education and awareness. This year, My Wonderful World is kicking off a multiyear, around-the-world program to engage everyone in learning about the diversity of our planet's people, places, and natural wonders.
National Geographic Geography Action
Access teacher resources especially for Geography Action! Asia. Explore lesson plans grades K-12 covering the Geographic Perspective, and Asia's Physical Features, Cultural Diversity, and Contemporary Issues.
National Geographic Live
National Geographic Live! is a branded series of events including live concerts, films, and dynamic presentations by today's leading explorers, scientists, filmmakers, and photographers covering a wide range of topics including exploration and adventure; wildlife and habitat; natural phenomena; and relevant issues such as climate change and energy conservation.
National Geographic Student Expeditions
Students completing 9th through 12th grades are eligible to participate in National Geographic Student Expeditions.
National Geographic Geography Bee
The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.
Google Resources
Google EarthGoogle Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Google Earth Tour
Watch videos to get started on virtual tours around the world.
GoogleMars: This map of Mars, published by Percival Lowell in 1895, was the result of many years spent carefully studying the Red Planet through his telescope. Now you can do the same through your web browser. In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, we've created some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made.
NASA Resources
LandsatLandsat provides archived images of Earth.
Blogs
Barbaree Duke's website: http://www.barbareeduke.comBarbaree Duke's blog: http://gisined.blogspot.com
Clint's Tech Integration Resources: http://sedcclint.posterous.com/arcmap-how-to-videos-to-go-from-waypoints-to Clint is a Technology Integration Specialist for SEDC, Southwest Educational Development Center in the beautiful SW corner of Utah. His post, ArcMap: How-to Videos to go from Waypoints to a Finished Product is excellent.
Other Resources
Pat Lambrose eDeskPat Lambrose is a GIS Educator for the Salt Lake City School District. Her eDesk site has excellent resources for GPS/GIS.
Survey of Geographic Literacy
How much do you know about the world? Can you name the world's most spoken primary language? The largest consumer of oil? The most heavily fortified border on the planet? The current population of the U.S.? Test Your Geography Knowledge at this site.
National Map (from the US Geological Services)
The National Map is an online, interactive map service. It is a product of a consortium of Federal, State, and local partners who provide geospatial data to enhance America's ability to access, integrate, and apply geospatial data at global, national, and local scales to ensure that the nation has access to current, accurate, and nationally consistent digital data and topographic maps derived from those data.
Microsoft TerraServer
The TerraServer is one of the world's largest online databases, providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
Geography Network
The Geography Network is a global network of geographic information users and providers. You can access many types of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable data, and more advanced Web services.
Map My Run
Draw your runs, calculate mileage, count calories, share with friends, and more. Use this site to find running routes and trails locally or around the world! Includes elevation data and 3D views.
Asian Elephant Range Loss Studied With GIS
The Conservation and Research Center of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.) has one of the most extensive programs of conservation biology research in the world. Researchers at CRC have been studying the plight of the Asian elephant threatened by ivory poaching and habitat loss.
World Mapper
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are 366 maps, also available as PDF posters
Newberry
The The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography seeks to advance knowledge of the history of cartography, defined as the history of creation, use, and interpretation of maps and the relationship between mapping and other facets of human history.
LandSat Imagery
Free Geography Tools: Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more.
GPS Visualizer:
GPS Visualizer can read data files from many different sources, including but not limited to: GPX (a standard format used with many devices and programs, including Garmin's eTrex, GPSMAP, Oregon, Dakota, Colorado, & Nüvi series), Google Earth (.kml/.kmz), Geocaching.com (.loc), FAI/IGC glider logs, MS Excel, Google Spreadsheets, XML feeds, Garmin Forerunner (.xml/.hst/.tcx), Timex Trainer, OziExplorer, Cetus GPS, PathAway, cotoGPS, CompeGPS, TomTom (.pgl), IGN Rando (.rdn), Emtac Trine, Suunto X9/X9i (.sdf), Fugawi, NetStumbler, and of course tab-delimited or comma-separated text.
GPS Visualizer is based in Portland, Oregon, and has been on the Web since October 2002.
ArcGIS Explorer: Free maps and tasks are available to use in your ArcGIS applications. Scroll through the page to see the available basemaps, reference maps, specialty maps, elevation globes, demographic maps, tasks, and retiring maps (no longer being updated).
GIS Jobs: You'll be interested to know that the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration's Occupational Information Network (O*NET) now lists five new geospatial occupations: "Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists", "Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists", "Geographic Information Systems Technicians", "Precision Agriculture Technicians", and "Geodetic Surveyors".
You can find descriptions of most of these new occupations by doing an "Occupation Quick Search" on "geospatial" at the O*NET site http://online.onetcenter.org/ (Geodetic Surveyors seems not to include the keyword "geospatial.")
Cool Maps and Really Neat Stuff
Gapminder See countries change in ways that challenge old myths. You choose from the best statistics. "We are a modern “museum” that helps making the world understandable, using the Internet".
World Sunlight Map Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
World Daylight Map DaylightMap shows the pattern of night and day on a Google map, for any area of the Earth, for any date and time. It also allows you to select up to ten locations on the map; in addition to seeing at a glance whether it's daytime there, you can show their local time, sunrise and and sunset times, and length of day.